“I wanted to share this with you so that you can pass it on to those that you love. We all have a paper heart. Sometimes it is crumbled, sometimes it gets ripped in half and sometimes it gets torn to pieces but you just have to let the Lord fix it for you instead of you trying to fix it yourself….”
The quote above comes from someone who has experienced a broken heart and wants others to know that there is hope!
One of the perplexing questions of life that haunts me is ‘why do good people get their hearts broken over and over again?’ It hurts me so bad to see people get their heart broken. I always just want to fix it or help them in some way.
I think I identify with these people because my own heart has been broken many times. I have also discovered that I cannot prevent someone’s heart from being broken.
Isn’t it interesting that ONLY GOD can repair a broken heart? People can’t.
Hearts get broken over the simplest of things and also over the most complex of things.
Examples are:
My best friend isn’t my best friend any more © I heard someone say something terrible about me © My husband doesn’t love me anymore © My child is on drugs © My friend’s lifestyle isn’t what it should be © I got disappointed by that © My loved one has died © Children without help © Poverty © People who really know God when I can’t © Illness I can’t understand © Young adults who have turned to an alternative lifestyle ©
As you can see; the list could go on and on. The reasons for broken hearts can go on forever and as long as we have hearts – they will be broken by these things.
Psalm 34:18-19 says “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.”
Broken hearts happen to BELIEVERS! No one is exempt in this life. It is through our brokenness that God works! If we never had issues of the heart; God would have nothing to examine in us. ONLY GOD can look on the heart. It is our communication piece with God. Our heart connects with His.
© God says ‘Give It To Me!’ ~ When we have something broken or torn what do we do? We typically throw it away and get a new something. The world teaches the believer to throw away the brokenness of our hearts and turn to something new. This is called HARDENING OUR HEARTS. This is the opposite of what God’s Word teaches us! Psalm 51:16-17 says “You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart. O God, you will not despise.” In Hebrew the words ‘broken heart’ mean to be broken in shivers or in pieces. Contrite means crushed. God NEVER refuses to fix our broken hearts! He makes a way to be renewed. Isaiah 41:10 says “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
© God says ‘Return To Me’ ~ A torn heart opens up our soul so that God can pour in His Mercy and Grace! Joel 2:13 says “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.” There are things in this life that tear our heart up! God desires that we use that opportunity to return or turn to Him and seek Him like never before. When we are keeping our ‘heart’ before the Lord, He is mending us and fixing us over and over again. When we are communicating our brokenness to God; He USES that in a powerful way. God loves us so much and when our hearts are turned toward Him He is ABLE TO COMMUNICATE that to us!
© God says ‘Believe Me’ ~ ‘Lovingkindness’ in the Bible means unfailing love or the most tender love! When God sees His children He has ‘lovingkindness’ toward us. He is ALWAYS there when are hearts are stomped on, beat up, hurt, torn or crushed! Never leaving – He is EVERLASTING! When our focus is on Him instead of the brokenness of this life; He has the Power to fix the brokenness! Psalm 36:7 says “How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.” No man is exempt from God’s Healing Power! The rest or the refuge for the broken hearted is the ‘shadow of God’s Wings’. When we think there is no way out of this situation or there is no healing for our hearts – God says the opposite! We have to take action however – and BELIEVE Him!
© God says ‘You Will See Me’ ~ The gift that the believer finds when turning over our brokenhearted state to God – is that we WILL SEE GOD! We will. We see the things of God so easily when our heart is in the right place. When our hearts have been purified by God and cleansed of all unrighteousness – we will see God. Matthew 5:8 says “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” The purification process breaks down our hearts and brings out what is pure and lasting. This is the place where we see God! The problem is that when we get brokenhearted – we harden ourselves against God and against this life. God wants the opposite of that. He wants to take our brokenness and purify us to see Him. Being able to see God in the midst of a broken heart helps us help others. We are looking outward not inward. We are no longer focused on our inner hurt but rather how we can use that hurt to help others. It is a GIFT of God and can come no other way.
In this life – don’t let a broken heart keep you from God! Instead, let that broken heart lead you closer to God and eventually using that very brokenness to help someone else.
That quote at the beginning is from a woman who sees God and desires that her own brokenness help someone else! That is what we should all be doing!
Examine your heart tonight and find out where you need to be before God. He desires to communicate with you in an intimate and tender way that no one else can!
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